Race H2H
86
—
60
146 shared
Qualifying H2H
83
—
63
146 shared
Championship record
2
World titles
7
3
Runner-up
2
6
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings:
5 · 2
2003
P1
2004
P1
2005
P1
2006
P1
2010
P2
2011
P4
2012
P2
Career totals
Fernando Alonso
Michael Schumacher
Championships
2
7
Wins
32
91
Poles
22
68
Podiums
106
155
Fastest laps
25
21
Career points
2,381
1,566
Starts
438
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
Fernando Alonso
Michael Schumacher
Win rate
7.3%
29.5%
Podium rate
24.2%
50.3%
Pole rate
5%
22.1%
Points / start
5.4
5.1
Avg grid
P9.0
P4.9
Avg finish
P8.9
P6.9
Finish rate
82.6%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Fernando Alonso
Michael Schumacher
Overtakes
3,478
1,503
Overtakes / race
8.1
6.5
Places lost
3,192
1,353
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Fernando Alonso
Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
45
31
Crash retirements
18
31
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 13 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
2001
Debut season
1991
2003 · aged 22
First win
1992 · aged 23
2003
First pole
1994
2005 · aged 24
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
+0.1
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
Fernando Alonso
Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Fernando Alonso | Michael Schumacher |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 1 · 3 · P1 | 8 · 11 · P1 |
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 2 · 7 · P1 | 6 · 12 · P1 |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 1 · 4 · P1 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 1 · 2 · P1 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 2 · 6 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Suzuka Circuit | 1 · 4 · P1 | 6 · 9 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 2 · 5 · P1 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 2 · 4 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 3 · 4 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 3 · P2 | 6 · 9 · P1 |
| Sepang International Circuit | 3 · 5 · P1 | 3 · 5 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 2 · 6 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Hungaroring | 1 · 5 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 1 · 6 · P1 | 4 · 5 · P1 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 0 · 1 · P2 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 9 · P2 | 4 · 10 · P1 |
| Bahrain International Circuit | 3 · 4 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Shanghai International Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 2 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P5 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Valencia Street Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Korean International Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).